Projects and Development India Ltd (PDIL), was established as a technology wing of Fertiliser Corporation of India (FCI) in 1951 with an objective to obtain technological self-reliance. PDIL became an independent entity at the time of re-organisation of FCI in 1978. Its chairman and managing director Medithi Ravi Kanth spoke to Hindustan Times on a range of issues.
His management style has evolved through years of hands-on experience of leading his company, a style which has filled in nicely for the absence of a management degree on his curriculum vitae.
Success formula : Martin Brudermüller, vice-chairman, BASF
He is nearing 70, but Onkar S Kanwar, chairman Apollo Tyres, is like his company — fitter than ever before. Operating in an industry beset with old technology and archaic business ethos, he has successfully managed to steer the company to the position of India’s first global tyre manufacturer, with two overseas acquisitions — South Africa’s Dunlop in 2006 and the Dutch Vredestein in 2009.
Hubert Joly, president and CEO, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group.
Founded in 1935 as Bell Aircraft Corporation, Bell Helicopter has set the pace for the industry. Besides being the first to obtain certification for a commercial helicopter, Bell has delivered more than 35,000 aircraft around the world. John L Garrison, president and CEO, Bell Helicopter talks to HT on growth opportunities in India. Excerpts:
Infosys stunned all when it announced that its dollar revenues would grow by just 8 to 10%, much below the industry average. SD Shibulal, CEO and managing director of Infosys says global macro-economic environment continues to be uncertain which is the “new normal”. Excerpts:
Leadership, and leaders by extension, cannot exist in a vacuum and can only survive if there are followers who feel a genuine connect with the leader, says Harish Manwani, COO, Unilever and non-executive chairman, HUL, in an interview.
Asuccessful leader is a victim of his own hubris that results from basking in one’s success.
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Didier Michaud-Daniel, CEO, Bureau Veritas.
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A majority of successful business leaders, says DLF chairman
KP Singh, have a personal stake in the success of their company, which is not just financial but also emotional, though good leaders also need knowledge and charisma. The trailblazing realty tycoon spoke to
HT about his leadership style in an interview.
Leading from the front and leading by example is what sets a leader apart from his followers, which is why leaders need to be self-disciplined, transparent and objective according to SD Shibulal, chief executive officer and managing director, Infosys. SD Shibulal in conversation with
Vivek Sinha.
Following the merger of Tech Mahindra with Mahindra Satyam, the new company will have a cash surplus of
Rs. 1,800 crore, which it will use for expansion purposes. In an interview with
Hindustan Times Sonjoy Anand, CFO, Tech Mahindra, talks about the new company's growth plans
One of India's 48 billionaires - the latest Forbes rich list ranks him at 270 with a net worth of $4.1 billion - Uday Kotak, 53, vice-chairman and managing director, Kotak Mahindra Bank says leadership is about being disruptive and thinking out of the box. Excerpts from an interview.
Just a week after India saw its largest insurance company LIC buy
Rs. 11,450 crore worth of shares in the country's largest oil exploration company ONGC --- a move described by former finance minister Yashwant Sinha as "daylight robbery" --- right under the nose of Sebi, its chairman
UK Sinha clears the regulatory air.